As expected, E3 month has been slow for new releases. Though it was mostly devoid of big hitters, we did get a few solid games like The Elder Scrolls Online’s Elsweyr expansion, and Diablo-like ARPG Warhammer: Chaosbane early on.

WW2 shooter Hell Let Loose, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Steel Division 2, Samurai Shodown, Crash Team Racing, and The Sinking City all kept us engaged once we got done with E3.

So far, July is looking like the calmest month yet this year. We do want to highlight the releases of Wolfenstein: Youngblood, Fire Emblem: Three Houses on Switch, and EA Originals’ Sea of Solitude.

Beyond that, July brings a few re-releases on Switch and other platforms. Before Youngblood, and Three Houses we’ll be keeping busy with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order and maybe check out that Stranger Things game.

Summer rages on, but not too many games are interested in keeping us indoors this August. Of course, World of Warcraft: Classic is the month’s biggest launch, though not until the last week.

We can’t, however, ignore anticipated titles like Remedy’s Control, Remnant: From the Ashes, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, and the horror anthology The Dark Pictures – Man of Medan.

Double Fine’s Rad is also due out this month, alongside Astral Chain on Switch, and Vermintide 2’s Winds of Magic DLC on PC.

Collapsed (PC) – August 1

Hamsterdam (PC, Switch, Android, iOS) – August 1

Madden NFL 20 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 2

Dry Drowning (PC) – August 2

Silver Chains (PC) – August 6

Age of Wonders: Planetfall (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 6

Necrobarista (PC) – August 8

The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – August 8

Emberlight (PC) – August 13

Friday the 13th: The Game (Switch) – August 13

Never Give Up (P C, Switch) – August 13

Exploding Babies – Steam Early Access (PC) – August 15

Remnant: From the Ashes (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 20

Hunt: Showdown – official launch (PC, Xbox One) – August 20

Rad (PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch) – August 20

Oninaki (PC, PS4, Switch) – August 22

Life is Strange 2 – Episode 4 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 22

World of Warcraft: Classic (PC) – August 27

Control (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 27

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey (PC) – August 27

Astral Chain (Switch) – August 30

Blair Witch (PC, Xbox One) – August 30

The Dark Pictures – Man of Medan (PC, PS4, Xbox One) – August 30

Warhammer: Vermintide 2 – Winds of Magic (PC) – August

Forged of Blood (PC) – August

Espire 1: VR Operative (Rift, Quest, PS VR, Vive, Index) – August

Pine (PC, Switch) – August

The Vale (PC) August

September

Top Picks

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne expansion

September 6

Gears 5

September 10

Borderlands 3

September 13

Destiny 2: Shadowkeep

September 17

The Surge 2

September 24

The late 2019 release season officially kicks off in September, and things are looking especially busy. A number of anticipated sequels to big games, not to mention meaty new expansions, all drop in September.

Borderlands 3, Gears 5, Catherine: Full Body, Grid, Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries, Monster Hunter World’s Iceborne, and Destiny 2’s Shadowkeep mostly all drop in the first half. But that’s not nearly it. We have The Surge 2, GreedFall, Code Vein, and FIFA 20 to play in the second half.

Ubisoft’s PC subscription service Uplay Plus also launches in September.

As much as we’d like to play many of these games sooner rather than later, game development takes time. Sometimes this means certain games don’t yet have release targets – that we know of. A few have already decided they’re skipping 2019 entirely, though, which you’ll also find below.